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Belgium sticks to current Coronavirus restrictions amid cases surge
Belgium has decided not to ease Coronavirus restrictions for at least another week, due to a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, the country's Prime...
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Germany partially closes borders with the Czech Republic, Austria over Coronavirus variant
Germany partially closed its borders with the Czech Republic and Austria’s Tyrol on Sunday, reinstating temporary entry bans and border controls over growing fears for...
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British PM says EU ‘undermined’ Northern Ireland Protocol
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the European Union undermined the Northern Ireland Protocol by triggering an emerging provision in the Brexit Protocol in...
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Frontex suspends operations in Hungary over human rights abuses
Europe's Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) announced on Wednesday it had suspended all operations in Hungary over the government's treatment of asylum seekers. The...
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British govt tells citizens not to book summer holidays yet
Citizens in Britain were advised by the minister responsible for the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program Nadhim Zahawi not to book their summer holidays abroad...
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Von der Leyen calls for united front against Coronavirus
Speaking to an extraordinary European Parliament Plenary held in Brussels on Thursday, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen slammed the lack of solidarity...
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Germany expands border controls to include EU travelers
The German government and local authorities have heightening measures in a bid to stem spread of COVID-19 across the country, closing the borders both...
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EU27 leaders greenlight European border shutdown
The leaders of the EU27 bloc gave the nod on Tuesday to the Commission's proposal for a 30-day non-essential travel ban from third countries...
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Belgium in lockdown until April 5
A few hours after Sophie Wilmès’ emergency government was sworn in by King Philippe, the Prime Minister announced that as of Wednesday 11am GMT,...
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Macron says France is 'at war' with Coronavirus
As the European Commission proposed on Monday a 30-day non-essential travel ban from third countries to the EU in a last-ditch effort to stem...
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EP Civil Liberties Chairman Aguilar demands proportionality and solidarity within the EU
Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, a member of the Socialists and Democrats group in the European Parliament and Chairman of the Committee on Civil Liberties,...
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Commission proposes 30-day non-essential travel ban to the EU
The European Commission has proposed a 30-day ban on all non-essential travel from third countries to the EU area, in an effort halt COVID-19...
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European Parliament President: COVID-19 most dramatic crisis since Second World War
"Not since the end of the Second World War have we faced such a dramatic crisis," European Parliament President, David Sassoli said on Friday,...
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Brussels' action plan to support Greece
EU Vice-President Margaritis Schinas and the Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson announced that Brussels has adopted an action plan for Greece that would...
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Frontex to launch rapid border intervention at Greece's external borders
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) has agreed to deploy a Rapid Border Intervention Team (RABIT) at Greece's sea borders in the...
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Brussels calls for extraordinary meeting on Idlib, following Greek MFA request
EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell called on Sunday for an extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council to discuss the situation in Idlib, following a request by...
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